Earthquake Vocab
Earthquake Facts
Volcano Vocab
Name that Type of Volcano
Mixed Bag
100
Vibrations caused by earthquakes.
What are seismic waves.
100
The point underground where rocks first begin to move.
What is the focus.
100
The area that had many volcanoes around it.
What is the Ring of Fire.
100
A collapsed volcano, Crater Lake is an example.
What is a Caldera.
100
When a volcano erupts, lava and gasses will be release from.
What is a main vent or side vent (double points if you got both)
200
The fastest seismic wave that caused particles of rock to move in a back and forth motion. Can travel through solids, liquids, and gasses.
What is a primary wave.
200
The point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
What is epicenter.
200
The plate boundaries where most of volcanoes form on.
What are convergent and divergent plate boundaries.
200
Has very viscous lava and relatively small in size. Novarupta is an example.
What is a Volcanic Dome.
200
These scales have a top value of 10.
What is the Richter Scale and the Moment Motion Scale.
300
Tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph.
What is seismogram.
300
The region of the United States that's most likely to have earthquakes.
What is the west coast.
300
What the Hawaiian Islands is an example of.
What is a Shield Volcano.
300
Has the characteristic of having explosive lava from a central vent and an example of Mount Zion.
What is a Cinder Cone Volcano.
300
What a volcano is classed if it no longer erupting.
What is an extinct volcano.
400
A seismic wave that can only travel through rock.
What is a secondary wave.
400
Tsunami literally means.
What is "Wave in Port"
400
Where all magma is stored in a volcano.
What is the magma chamber.
400
Has very liquid lava and an example is the Columbia River Plateau.
What is Plateau Basalt
400
The location of the United States' super volcano
What is Yellowstone National Park.
500
A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rock along a fault.
What is an earthquake.
500
This measures the amount of damage caused by an earthquake.
What is the Mercalli Scale.
500
When magma reaches the surface.
What is lava.
500
Has large pyroclastic debris when erupting and an example includes Mount St. Helens.
What is a Composite Volcano.
500
The first step in finding the epicenter using data from Seimograph stations.
What is find the difference in time between the primary and secondary waves.
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